Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 – How to Unlock Zelda and Splatoon Villagers with amiibo

Just about a week ago, Nintendo announced a massive 3.0 update coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, complete with new items, buildings, and a whole heap of amiibo rewards — including four new amiibo villagers that can visit your town: Mineru and Tulin from The Legend of Zelda series, and the return of the cosplaying squirrels Cece and Viché.

Now, we have more details on how to summon these new villagers to your island. Unlike Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which required scanning a specific amiibo, this time around players have a lot more flexibility on which amiibo they can scan. Sadly, this also likely confirms that previous villagers like Wolf Link, Medli, and Ganon won’t be making a return in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as their amiibo now unlock different characters. Here’s how it works:

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How to summon Tulin from The Legend of Zelda series

To summon Tulin, tap any of the following Legend of Zelda amiibo at the amiibo phone in Brewster’s café:

• Link

• Toon Link

• Child Link

• Majora’s Mask Link

• Skyward Sword Link

• Wind Waker Zelda

• Archer Link

• Bokoblin

• Daruk

• Revali

• Zelda & Loftwing

• Tears of the Kingdom Link

• Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf

• Tulin

• Yunobo

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How to summon Mineru from The Legend of Zelda series

To summon Mineru, tap any of the following Legend of Zelda amiibo at the amiibo phone in Brewster’s café:

• Zelda (Smash Series)

• Sheik

• Ganondorf (Smash Series)

• Wolf Link

• Ocarina of Time Link

• Twilight Princess Link

• 8-Bit Link

• Rider Link

• Guardian

• Zelda (Breath of the Wild)

• Urbosa

• Mipha

• Link (Link’s Awakening)

• Zelda (Tears of the Kingdom)

• Riju

• Sidon

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How to summon Viché from the Splatoon series

To summon Viché, tap any of the following Splatoon amiibo at the amiibo phone in Brewster’s café:

• Inkling Girl (any color or series)

• Inkling Boy (any color or series)

• Squid (any color or series)

• Marie (any series)

• Pearl (any series)

• Frye

• Big Man

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How to summon Cece from the Splatoon series

To summon Cece, tap any of the following Splatoon amiibo at the amiibo phone in Brewster’s café:

• Callie

• Marina (any series)

• Octoling Boy (any series)

• Octoling Girl

• Octopus

• Smallfry

• Shiver

• Big Man

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Extra amiibo rewards

On top of the villager unlocks, each amiibo can also unlock special items and posters that you can use to decorate your island.

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Version 3.0 update officially drops on January 15th!

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